by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
Automakers who want to connect with their customers have to make sure they offer the latest in connected car technology, according to a new study. Buyers don’t want to differentiate between what technology they can access behind the wheel from what they already have...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
Citing what he described as the ongoing manipulation of its currency, Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally said he does not want to see Japan allowed to enter into a new round of Asia-Pacific free trade discussions. Mulally and other Detroit industry leaders have been...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 26, 2013
It’s going to be a big week in the Big Apple as the New York International Auto Show gets set to open its doors to a flood of journalists, industry executives and potential buyers. The last of the big U.S. car shows before the industry takes a summer break, the NYIAS...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 25, 2013
Just days ahead of its planned unveiling at the New York Auto Show, images of the all-new, third-generation Cadillac CTS have “leaked” out on the Internet through what some suggest is a coy way for the automaker to drum up advance interest. And it’s likely to do just...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 25, 2013
It was billed as the most important product new product roll-out in decades for Lincoln, the 2013 MKZ expected to anchor a wave of new products designed to put the long-suffering domestic luxury brand back on the map. But things didn’t go right almost for the start...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 25, 2013
While the legendary Carroll Shelby may be gone, but the Las Vegas-based tuner house he launched some years back is determined to make sure his name lives on, as we’ll see at the New York Auto Show this week. Just a year ago, Shelby American rocketed out its...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 25, 2013
Wondering whether that new car you’re interested in is up to snuff on the safety front? Or perhaps you’re not sure if the jalopy in your driveway was subject to a recent recall. Now there’s an easy way to find out simply by firing up you iPhone. The National Highway...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 25, 2013
Few models have done more to change the image of a brand than the big Buick LaCrosse. Along with the Enclave SUV, the sedan marked a critical turning point for the General Motors marque which, many had come to expect, wouldn’t survive GM’s 2009 bankruptcy. The...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 24, 2013
Ford Motor Co. is taking heat for a series of ads it released in India showing caricatures of several celebrities behind the wheel of a Ford car with three women bound and gagged in the cargo bay. With critics declaring the campaign offensive and misogynistic, Ford...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 22, 2013
Rob Golden, a Los Angeles-based writer, can’t recall the last time he owned an American car, “unless it’s the Chevy my parents drove when we moved to California when I was 10.” But when it was time for his college graduate son to get his first new car, he opted for a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 22, 2013
It may be the smallest of the big three automakers but Chrysler has some big ideas to extend its reach – and its borrowed some of its ideas from marketing powerhouses as diverse as Nike and Starbucks. Credit limited production runs, coupled with targeted partnerships...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 22, 2013
We’ll have to say “cpacebo” to the Russian website that has kindly jumped the embargo and leaked out images of the new CLA 45 AMG. Set to debut at the New York Auto Show next week, it will become the smallest performance model in the Mercedes-Benz line-up. The...
